NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Trevecca Nazarene University softball team (30-8, 17-1 G-MAC) defeated Davis & Elkins College (19-17, 11-5 G-MAC) 3-0 on Thursday at the Trojan Softball Complex. The win gives the Trojans their third consecutive Great Midwest Athletic Conference regular season title and will be the top seed at the 2015 G-MAC Championships.

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The Trojans have claimed victory in 25 of their last 29 games.

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The game with D&E was moved to Nashville after rain postponed the game that was originally scheduled for Elkins, W.Va. The game was played with the Senators batting last, as if it were still their home game.

Trevecca boarded a bus immediately following the game and headed for Salem, W.Va. to play their final conference series of the year at Salem International University. Trevecca will play two games on Friday and two on Saturday against the Tigers.

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Trevecca will be the top seed at the 2015 G-MAC that is scheduled for April 30 - May 2 at the Athletes in Action Sports Complex in Xenia, Ohio. The Trojans are also back-to-back G-MAC Tournament champions and will be defending that championship once again. Trevecca is 7-0 all-time in the G-MAC Tournament.

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In league counting games, the Trojans are now 43-5 all-time against their G-MAC opponents. Including games played in the conference tournament, the Trojans are 50-5 versus G-MAC opponents.

Trevecca has a winning record against everyone in the conference, even when counting non-conference meetings. Trevecca leads the all-time series with Kentucky Wesleyan College 9-7. Trevecca is 44-3 versus the rest of the conference combined (14-1 vs Cedarville, 11-1 vs Ursuline, 6-1 vs Alderson Broaddus, 6-0 vs Ohio Valley, 5-0 vs Davis & Elkins, and 2-0 vs Salem International).

In what is their final home game of the year, Trevecca found a way to get to Senator pitcher Alexandra Lapallo in the third inning. Trevecca scored a run in the top of the inning and then added another run in the fourth. It wasn't until the seventh that Trevecca added their third and final run.

Trevecca starter Haley Fagan (JR/Cornersville, Tenn.) (17-4) made it standup with a complete game shutout. Fagan limited the Senators to five hits and didn't walk any. Fagan sat down eight D&E batters on strikes. Fagan, the five-time G-MAC Pitcher of the Week, lowered her earned run average to 1.19 for the year and produced her eighth shutout. In 129.2 innings pitched, she has 125 strikeouts and opponents are hitting just .188 against her. 

Lapallo (12-7) took the loss after allowing nine Trojan hits, three walks, and three earned runs. Trevecca left eight runners on base for the game.

In the third inning Shelby Andrews (JR/Dyersburg, Tenn.) led off the inning with a double and advanced to third on a passed ball. Andrews was later out after getting caught returning to the bag on a grounder to third. Ansley Brantley (JR/Kite, Ga.) reached on that play via the fielder's choice. Brantley, who advanced to second on a passed ball, scored when Bailey Alexander (FR/Glasgow, Ky.) doubled.

Kelsey Kemp (SR/Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) singled to lead off the fourth and moved to second on a ground out by Danielle Tyson (FR/Smithville, Tenn.). Alex Richardson (SO/Ten Mile, Tenn.) drove in Kemp with a single for a 2-0 Trojan lead.

Bailey Alexander reached in the seventh with a one-out triple. Lindsey Stephens (SR/Somerset, Ky.) singled to drive in Alexander for the game's final run.